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City proposes changes to Traffic Management Program: higher speed threshold and a 67% resident petition for Phase 2 projects
Summary
Staff proposed renaming and updating the Traffic Management Program, consolidating phases, requiring a resident‑led petition with 67% support for Phase 2 measures and raising the 85th‑percentile speed threshold above 32 mph; commissioners requested raw data access and debated whether the changes make the program harder for neighborhoods to use.
City staff presented a 2026 update to the Traffic Management Program (formerly the Carlsbad Residential Traffic Management Program) that would simplify the program to two phases, add a traffic calming review committee of transportation, fire and police staff, limit reevaluation of a street to once every two years, raise the Phase 2 eligibility 85th‑percentile speed threshold to greater than 32 mph, and require a resident-led petition with…
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